The Liberian Vice President, Dr Jewel Howard-Taylor has charged African political leaders to embark on projects and programmes that will benefit the entire community as opposed to doing things for individuals.
In her lecture on ‘Africa Renaissance: Key for New Global Leadership Paradigm’, the Vice President of Liberia, Dr Jewel Howard-Taylor said we must continue to be gatekeepers to our nations in Africa.
Howard-Taylor submitted that “we must recognize that we are the greatest that God has created. I know my lineage and history”. She challenged African parents to be intentional and consistent in changing the mindset of the young people by teaching them morals and values embedded in African traditions.
She made this call while delivering the 6th and 7th convocation lecture of Elizade University Ilara-Mokin in Ondo state on Thursday.
She also instituted a one million prize for the best female student in honour of the Alara of Ilara-Mokin, Oba Abiodun Aderemi Adefehinti, which will be sponsored by the Vice President’s foundation.
On the other hand,for Africa renaissance as the basis of a new global leadership paradigm to be meaningful, the continent must liberate itself from mental slavery, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, immediate past Governor of Ondo state, has said.
The former governor who was the Chairman of the occasion opined that “there must be a ‘resurgimento’ as it were, of mental dignity and confidence”. He reiterated that African state must drive development via an aggressive and improved productive capacity, saying this is development anchored on human skills, including an aggressive industrial policy aligned with appropriate financial framework.
Professor Kayode Amund congratulated the graduands and advise them never to give up saying life is not a bed of roses.